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Private JOHN SOUTHRON BLAND

Service Number: S/12093
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

8th/10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 May 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY

IV. D. 22.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Mary Bland, of Front St., Pelton Fell, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS
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Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2145
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